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In his provocative new book, Professor Ganesh Sitaraman argues that a strong middle class is a prerequisite to our constitutional system. Today with economic and political inequality on the rise, Professor Sitaraman says Americans face a choice: Will we accept rising economic inequality and risk oligarchy or will we rebuild the middle class and reclaim our republic?

How does the new Muslim ban work, and how is it related to “extreme vetting”? How do these policies affect immigrant and Muslim communities? What visitor and immigrant screening procedures are already in place, and how do they work?